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The participating universities will tentatively start the JEST 2026 counselling in the month of April. Students will be required to visit the respective institution's website to fill out the JEST 2026 counselling form and learn about the counselling process. The counselling of JEST 2026 will be done on the basis of the results declared by the conducting institutions.
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Some of the institutions also conduct interviews for some courses. The interview details, such as venue and time, will be shared with the candidates via sms or their email. Through this article, students are able to understand the JEST counselling process 2026, the documents required and participating institutions.
Dates | Events |
JEST result date | March 2026 |
JEST counselling date | April 2026 |
JEST participating institutions will conduct the counselling in their institutions. The date and time of the JEST institutions will be given on the respective institutions' websites. Shortlisted candidates are required to follow certain steps for the JEST counselling.
JEST Counselling Registration- Shortlisted candidates will have to visit the college website to fill out the JEST counselling registration form. Candidates will have to fill in their personal details, including preferred courses and programmes.
JEST Document Verification- Candidates who have successfully registered for the JEST counselling need to submit a xerox copy of the documents. The list of documents is mentioned below:
JEST admit card 2026
JEST 2026 counselling registration form
Marksheet and certificate of class 10
Marksheet and certificate of class 12
Marksheet and certificate of graduation
Transfer certificate
Domicile
Valid ID proof
Passport-sized photograph
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JEST Seat Allotment 2026- Based on the preferred choices, the seats will be allotted to the candidates who successfully submit their registration.
Confirmation of Admission- Once the seats are allotted to the candidates, they must accept them and pay the requisite fee. If there are any other formalities, they must complete them.
JEST 2026 Interview- Some of the institutions also conduct interviews after the counselling. Aspirants must attend the interview.
There are a total of 33 institutions all over the country that participated in the Joint Entrance Screening Test. Here is the list of some of the institutions along with their courses offered.
Institutions Name | Courses Offered |
Aryabhatt Research Institute of Observational Science, Nainital | Astronomy Astrophysics Atmospheric Physics |
National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar | Condensed Matter Physics Optics and Metamaterials Theoretical High Energy Physics and Lattice QCD Experimental High Energy Physics |
Bose Institute, Kolkata | Atmospheric sciences, Biophysics, Complex systems and networks Quantum physics and quantum information, Nuclear and radiation physics |
Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad | Theoretical Physics Astrophysics |
Indira Gandhi Centre For Atomic Research, Kalapakkam | Solid State Phase Transformations Superconductivity Structure and dynamics of soft condensed matter Band structure studies Accelerators based Irradiation irradiation-induced phenomena, Low-dimensional systems Physics of interfaces, Nano-materials Thin films technology and Theoretical physics |
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal | Condensed Matter Physics Soft Matter Physics Biophysics Laser Plasma Interactions Ultrafast Physics Astrophysics and Cosmology High Energy Physics Non-linear Optics |
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata | Cosmology, Solar Science, High Energy Physics, Non-linear dynamics, Statistical Physics, Soft Matter, Optics & Spectroscopy, Atomic physics, Biophotonics, Spintronics, Nanoscience, NMR, Quantum Information |
Condensed Matter, Nuclear and High Energy Physics Accelerator-based Research. | |
Indian Institute of Plasma Research, Gandhinagar | Physics |
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR Pune | Astronomy Astrophysics |
Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata | Accelerator physics Condensed matter physics & materials science Nuclear physics Relativistic heavy ion collisions & QCD Phase transition |
Condensed Matter Physics (Theory and Experiments), Nuclear Physics (Theory and Experiments), High Energy Physics (Theory and Experiments), Astroparticle Physics, Quantum Gravity, String Theory, Mathematical Physics, and Materials Science (Surface Science and Plasma Physics). | |
Raman Research Institute, Bangaluru | Astronomy & Astrophysics Light & Matter Physics Soft Condensed Matter and Theoretical Physics Signal Processing Imaging and Instrumentation |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The counselling of JEST will be started in April 2026.
Each participating institution will conduct the counselling for their institution.
The JEST counselling required all previous marksheets, valid identity proof, photograph, domicile, transfer certificate and some JEST documents.
Some of the institutions conduct interviews as the final round of admission. So, for the respective institutions, students will have to appear for the interview rounds.
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